Description

A collection of 21 songs arranged in a fingerpicking style for the mountain dulcimer, this book offers a wide variety of musical genres and playing levels. Divided equally between arrangements for three and four equidistant strings, the songs progress in difficulty within each section from beginner to advanced level. Each piece is written in both standard music notation and dulcimer tablature, and is accompanied by performance tips for playing that song. Many arrangements utilize the 6 1/2 fret, and tunings range from standard modal tunings to four-string variations. The arrangements cover a wide range of song styles including traditional ragtime, blues, and classical standards.

Songs include My Old Kentucky Home; Londonderry Air, All Through the Night, The Entertainer, Careless Love, House of the Rising Sun, Fur Elise, and Bach’s Minuet in G. There is an extensive introduction on playing techniques for both left and right hands, tunings, reading tablature, and dulcimer embellishments.

Includes access to online audio which is an instrumental recording of solo dulcimer, designed to give the student a note-for-note reference to each written arrangement while providing a performance-quality listening experience.

• All Through the Night Traditional Welsh
• Andante Fernando Sor
• Aura Lee Traditional
• Bink’s Waltz Scott Joplin
• Careless Love Traditional
• Country Gardens Traditional
• Für Elise Ludwig van Beethoven
• Grandfather’s Clock Henry C. Work
• Greensleeves Traditional
• House of the Rising Sun Traditional
• In Christ There Is No East or West Traditional hymn
• Londonderry Air Traditional
• Medley: The Minstrel Boy / Scotland the Brave Traditional
• Minuet in G Major J. S. Bach
• My Old Kentucky Home Stephen Foster
• Ode to Joy Ludwig van Beethoven
• Rondo Fernando Carulli
• Spanish Fandango Traditional
• The Entertainer Scott Joplin
• The Old Piano Roll Blues Cy Coben
• The Ragtime Dance Scott Joplin
• Trumpet Voluntary Jeremiah Clarke